Why Cheers And Star Trek Are So Strongly Intertwined
The cross-overs and homages are strong, frequent and extend to other series
Being a huge fan of both Star Trek and Cheers/Frasier, I knew there was a surprising amount of crossover and interlinking between all the series. But I didn’t realize quite how deep the references and mentions went.
Curious, I looked into it and discovered it wasn’t just the actors that appeared in both shows, there were links that constantly ran through them all — Cheers, Frasier, Star Trek the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and even the Trek movies. The fondness that runs between the franchises is deep.
Warning: there will be some unabashed nerd info in what follows.
Main Actor Crossovers
These are the most obvious. Many of the guest actors and extras appeared in both the sitcoms and Star Trek shows but some of the main stars also crossed over.
Kate Mulgrew, who would later become Captain Janeway on Voyager, had originally starred on Cheers. She appears in three episodes playing a politician and Sam Malone’s love interest.
As you may have guessed from the picture above, Kelsey Grammer played Captain Morgan Bateson in the Star Trek episode…
